Let’s World Peace

Press Release

The Vatican

In the light of the Open Letter “A Common Word” signed by 138 Muslim scholars, and the
response of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, through the Secretary of State Cardinal
Tarcisio Bertone, a Delegation of the Signatories of the Open Letter met with a Delegation
representing the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Vatican City) in the offices
of the same Pontifical Council on Tuesday, March 4th and on Wednesday, March 5th 2008.
Five participants from each side participated in the meeting.
The participants were:

In the inter-religious dialogue of “the three amigos,” their respective self-criticisms is particularly important because their act of doing so implicitly challenges the typical way religion is understood (see http://deligentia.wordpress.com on this), at least in the modern context. What if the practice were to spread?